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November 22nd, 2006, 8:23 PM
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I got hacked again....
My wordpress blog got hacked; I was online and someone somehow hacked into my account, and changed my password, and is screwing up with my theme and sidebar; what should i do??? And my e-mail that i signed up as "admin" with wordpress gives me a message saying that my e-mail doesn't exisit. Can someone help me please? What should i do??
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November 22nd, 2006, 8:52 PM
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November 22nd, 2006, 9:00 PM
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November 22nd, 2006, 9:05 PM
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keep the wordpress software up to date, don't use 3rd party plugins...
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November 22nd, 2006, 9:32 PM
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What are 3rd party plugins? My wordpress is always up to date. But i'm not sure what you mean by the 3rd party plugins... |
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November 22nd, 2006, 9:43 PM
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November 22nd, 2006, 9:51 PM
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Honestly, I don't use Wordpress... so I don't really know. But it can be played by the rule that every plugin used increases the chance of an exploit being within the code... whether intentional or not.
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